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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 and 6, pp. 66-80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
(a) Khana Pass.
(b) Khyber Pass.
(c) Jalalabad Pass.
(d) Peshawar Pass.

2. What was baksheesh?
(a) A government office.
(b) Extra money needed for a first-class ticket.
(c) A pastry.
(d) A bribe.

3. What railway line did Theroux grow up near?
(a) Chesapeake and Ohio.
(b) Amtrak.
(c) Central Pacific.
(d) Boston and Maine.

4. What crop did the people of Pakhtoonistan hope to derive income from after declaring their independence from Pakistan?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Dried fruit.
(c) Poppies.
(d) Wheat.

5. How did Yashar describe his political leanings in Chapter 2?
(a) He's a democratic socialist.
(b) He's a Trotskyite.
(c) He's a Stalinist.
(d) He's a Marxist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What baseball player was the focus of articles in the English-language paper in Teheran?

2. What was Duffill eating as the train entered the Alpine tunnel in Italy?

3. Who built the jail in Kabul in 1626?

4. Why was Theroux disappointed when the train arrived at Lake Van in Chapter 3?

5. What poem did Molesworth quote while waiting for Yugoslav officials to look over passenger papers in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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